Overview
- The FEF disciplinary committee issued the punishment following the Jornada 17 match at the Santiago Bernabéu.
- The sanction totals six games: one for the double booking, four for insults and injurious conduct toward the referee, and one for conduct against sporting order.
- Referee Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz reported that Marcao confronted him, said “Fillo da puta madre,” and kicked a ball near the fourth official after his dismissal.
- Sevilla submitted video evidence and argued the phrase was a generic Portuguese exclamation, but the committee upheld the report under the presumption of veracity.
- Head coach Matías Almeyda received a one-match suspension from the same game, and the club’s appeal to the FEF Appeals Committee is pending.